2015–16 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season
# 2015–16 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Sheffield Wednesday's fourth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Overview

### Pre-season

Prior to the start of the pre-season schedule the club announced that eleven players had been released after reaching the end of their contracts. Also in June, head coach Stuart Gray was sacked after 18 months in charge. Carlos Carvalhal was announced as Gray's replacement on 30 June 2015.

### August

Sheffield Wednesday got their 2015–16 season underway at Hillsborough to Bristol City - a match that The Owls won 2–0 thanks to second half goals from Tom Lees and Lewis McGugan who signed a permanent deal after spending last season on loan at the club. This was followed by a victory in the Capital One Cup - which was also at Hillsborough - with a 4–1 victory over League Two side Mansfield Town. The second league match of the season was a 2–1 away loss to Ipswich Town. This was followed by two consecutive 1–1 draws which were at home to Reading and away to Leeds United respectively. In the next game The Owls progressed into the third round of the Capital One Cup with a 1–0 win over Oxford United. This was followed by the first home defeat of the season with a 3–1 loss to Middlesbrough.

### September

The Owls lost their first game of September in a 3–1 defeat to Burnley at Turf Moor. This was followed by a goalless draw at the Macron Stadium against lowly Bolton Wanderers and The Owls' second league victory of the season - a 3–2 win against Fulham at Hillsborough, in which star signing Fernando Forestieri scored his first goal since moving from Watford, a simple close range finish on 5 minutes. A few days later Sheffield Wednesday progressed into the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with a 1–0 win against Newcastle United with Lewis McGugan scoring the game's only goal in a shock result. The Owls' last game of September was a 2–1 away win at Brentford thanks to an Atdhe Nuhiu penalty and a late winner from Lucas João.

### October

The Owls got October off to a winning start with a 3–1 win against Preston North End at Hillsborough. This was followed by two consecutive draws - 1–1 against Hull City at Hillsborough and 0–0 away to Queens Park Rangers. The following game saw Sheffield Wednesday win 2–1 against local rivals Rotherham United at the New York Stadium thanks to a goal each from Fernando Forestieri and Lucas João respectively. The Owls' next game was a 3–0 victory over Premier League side Arsenal in the Capital One Cup at Hillsborough. To end the month The Owls won 1–0 at home against Nottingham Forest - thus completing the month unbeaten.

### November

Wednesday started the month with a goalless draw with unbeaten in the league Brighton followed by a surprise 3–1 defeat against Charlton. After an international break Wednesday beat local rivals Huddersfield Town 3–1 with Kieran Lee scoring along with a Lucas João brace after Sean Scannell's opener for the Terriers. This result was followed by a 2–2 draw away at Blackburn - with Modou Sougou and Lucas João scoring for The Owls.

### December

Two successive draws followed for The Wednesday - the first being 0–0 at home to Derby County. This was followed by a 2–2 draw away to Cardiff City - with a Fernando Forestieri goal and Barry Bannan's first goal for the club rescuing a point for The Owls. A 2–1 loss away at Milton Keynes Dons, in which Gary Hoopers consolation was his first for the club, was followed by a 4–1 thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers at Hillsborough - with a Fernando Forestieri brace and a goal each from Daniel Pudil and Gary Hooper earning all three points for The Owls. Sheffield Wednesday's last home match of 2015 saw them win 3–0 against Birmingham City - with another Fernando Forestieri brace and a goal from Kieran Lee securing the win. A 1–0 loss away to Middlesbrough was Sheffield Wednesday's last game of 2015 - ending the year in 7th place in the league table. A rotated side conceded after just 44 seconds to Christian Stuani, in a poor performance.

### January

A Ross Wallace goal was enough for The Owls to get off to a winning start in 2016 with a 1–0 win at Craven Cottage against Fulham. They played the Londoners again the week after, winning again (2–1) making three wins over Fulham this campaign. Atdhe Nuhiu and Barry Bannan scored. Two successive wins followed against Bolton Wanderers (3–2) and Leeds United (2–0) - both at Hillsborough. Gary Hooper made his move to Hillsborough permanent in mid January from Norwich for a rumoured £3,000,000. Joe Bennett also joined on loan. Following those matches a 1–1 draw away to Reading saw The Owls end January unbeaten in the Championship. A 3–2 defeat away to Shrewsbury Town saw Sheffield Wednesday exit the FA Cup in the 4th round. Rhoys Wiggins and Sergiu Bus departed on deadline day to Bournemouth (£200,000) and US Salernitana (loan) respectively. Irish midfielder Aiden McGeady joined on loan from Everton.

### February

February's first league match saw The Owls maintain their unbeaten run in the Championship with a 1–1 draw at home to Burnley - with Kieran Lee getting the equalising goal to earn a point for Sheffield Wednesday. The second match of the month was away at Birmingham, in which The Owls won 2–1, courtesy of two late Gary Hooper goals. This left them in the play-off positions. Next week they played Brentford, a 4–0 win ensued after an early red card to Yohan Barbet. A super goal by Gary Hooper was the pick of the bunch. At Deepdale, Sheffield Wednesday lost ground on the Automatic Promotion places with a 1–0 turnover to Preston North End. Joe Garner scored after Fernando Forestieri's second yellow card saw him sent off. On the following Tuesday, Atdhe Nuhiu scored a header and missed a penalty in a home draw to Queens Park Rangers. Daniel Toszer scored for the visitors. The final game of the month saw The Owls draw 0–0 away to Hull City.

### March

The Owls got March off to a losing start by losing 1–0 at home to Rotherham United. A midweek 0–0 draw away to Brighton & Hove Albion was followed by a 3–0 win away to Nottingham Forest - keeping The Owls in the promotion play-off places. The following week saw the owls take on Charlton Athletic at home; they won the game 3–0 with all goals being scored in the second half. The month ended with The Owls 6th in the table - three points clear of Cardiff City.

### April

The Owls won their first two games in April - with a 1–0 away win at Huddersfield and 2–1 home win against Blackburn Rovers. This was followed by a 4–1 loss at Bristol City and three consecutive draws against Ipswich Town and Milton Keynes Dons at home and Derby County away. A 3–0 victory over Cardiff City in the final home game of the season secured a promotion play-offs place for The Owls - with a brace from Gary Hooper (his first goals since the 3–0 victory over Nottingham Forest in March) and an own goal from Lee Peltier enough to secure all three points and sixth place for The Owls.

### May

The result between Brighton and Derby on 2 May 2016 meant that Wednesday could not finish any higher than 6th on their final league game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Owls' finished their league campaign with a 2–1 loss at The Molineux.

After a 3–1 aggregate victory over third placed Brighton and Hove Albion in the play-off semi final, The Wednesday were the first team to book their place in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium - a match that would mark Sheffield Wednesday's first appearance at the stadium since it was rebuilt. At the match though, Wednesday lost 1–0 to Hull City in front of over 41,000 Owls fans; a Mohamed Diamé goal winning the game for The Tigers, denying The Owls a first season in the top flight for 16 years.

## Players

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Darryl Lachman | Twente | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2015 | CB | Brad Beatson | Academy | Trainee |
| 8 July 2015 | RW | Marco Matias | Nacional | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2015 | GK | Lewis Price | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2015 | LM | Ross Wallace | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2015 | AM | Lewis McGugan | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2015 | ST | Lucas João | Nacional | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2015 | RB | Jonatas Centeno | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2015 | LB | Rhoys Wiggins | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2015 | RW | Modou Sougou | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2015 | FW | Fernando Forestieri | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | CM | Barry Bannan | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2016 | RB | Jack Hunt | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2016 | FW | Gary Hooper | Norwich City | Undisclosed |

* ↑ Price joins club following his release from Crystal Palace.
* ↑ Wallace joins club following his release from Burnley.
* ↑ Centeno joins club following his release from Arsenal.
* ↑ Sougou joins club following his departure from Marseille.

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Lewis Buxton | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Giles Coke | Ipswich Town | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Paul Corry | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Rafael Floro | Belenenses | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Dejan Kelhar | Olimpija Ljubljana | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Gary Madine | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | AM | Jacques Maghoma | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Joe Mattock | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Rhys McCabe | Dunfermline Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Matt Young | Dover Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Kamil Zayatte | Al-Raed | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | GK | Chris Kirkland | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | CF | Chris Maguire | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2015 | CF | Stevie May | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | LB | Rhoys Wiggins | Bournemouth | £200,000 |

* ↑ Following Buxton's release he joined Rotherham United.
* ↑ Following Coke's release he joined Ipswich Town.
* ↑ Following Corry's release he joined Northampton Town.
* ↑ Following Floro's release he joined Belenenses.
* ↑ Following Kelhar's release he joined Olimpija Ljubljana.
* ↑ Following Madine's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.
* ↑ Following Maghoma's release he joined Birmingham City.
* ↑ Following Mattock's release he joined Rotherham United.
* ↑ Following McCabe's release he joined Dunfermline Athletic.
* ↑ Following Young's release he joined Dover Athletic.
* ↑ Following Zayatte's release he joined Al-Raed.
* ↑ Following Kirkland's release he joined Preston North End.
* ↑ Following Maguire's release he joined Rotherham United.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Vincent Sasso | Braga | End of season |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Jack Hunt | Crystal Palace | 13 January 2016 |
| 10 July 2015 | MF | Álex López | Celta de Vigo | End of season |
| 27 August 2015 | DF | Michael Turner | Norwich City | End of season |
| 29 August 2015 | DF | Daniel Pudil | Watford | End of season |
| 27 October 2015 | FW | Gary Hooper | Norwich City | 17 January 2016 |
| 18 January 2016 | DF | Joe Bennett | Aston Villa | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Aiden McGeady | Everton | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 August 2015 | RB | Marnick Vermijl | Preston North End | End of Season |
| 12 October 2015 | FW | Caolan Lavery | Portsmouth | 12 January 2016 |
| 7 January 2016 | CB | Darryl Lachman | SC Cambuur | End of Season |
| 2 February 2016 | FW | Sergiu Buș | Salernitana | End of Season |
| 25 February 2016 | LM | Jérémy Hélan | Wolves | End of Season |
| 26 February 2016 | CB | Claude Dielna | Slovan Bratislava | End of Season |

### New contracts

| Date from | Position | Name | Length | Expiry |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 June 2015 | CM | Kieran Lee | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 23 June 2015 | DM | José Semedo | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 30 June 2015 | CB | Glenn Loovens | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 31 July 2015 | CB | Tom Lees | 4 years | June 2019 |
| 28 August 2015 | GK | Cameron Dawson | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 28 August 2015 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 2 September 2015 | GK | Keiren Westwood | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 14 January 2016 | MF | Barry Bannan | 3½ years | June 2019 |
| 14 January 2016 | FW | Atdhe Nuhiu | 2½ years | June 2018 |
| 15 January 2016 | DF | Glenn Loovens | 2½ years | June 2018 |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Sam Hutchinson | 2½ years | June 2018 |

### International call ups

| No | Pos | Name | Team | Competition | Opposition | Date | Caps | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | FW | Caolan Lavery | Northern Ireland | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | Faroe Islands Luxembourg | 4–7 September 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Darryl Lachman | Curaçao | FIFA World Cup Qualifiers | El Salvador El Salvador | 4–8 September 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | England U-20 | Mercedes-Benz Elite Cup | Netherlands U-20 Turkey U-20 Germany U-20 | 7,10–13 October 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | England U21 | UEFA Euro U-21 qualifier | Kazakhstan U-21 | 7,10–13 October 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | England U21 | UEFA Euro U-21 qualifier | Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 Switzerland U-21 | 12–16 November 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Lucas João | Portugal | Friendly | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 13–16 November 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Keiren Westwood | Republic of Ireland | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs | Russia Luxembourg | 14–17 November 2015 | 18 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Daniel Pudil | Czech Republic | Friendly | Scotland Poland | 13–17 November 2015 | 29 | 2 |
| 29 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | England U21 | UEFA Euro U-21 qualifier | Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 Switzerland U-21 | 12–16 November 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | Josh Stachini | Northern Ireland U-19 | UEFA Euro U-19 qualifier | Norway U-19 Russia U-19 Slovakia U-19 | 12,14–16 November 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | George Hirst | England U-17 | Algarve Tournament | Portugal U-17 Germany U-17 Netherlands U-17 | 5–9 February 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | DF | Daniel Pudil | Czech Republic | Friendly | Scotland Sweden | 24–29 March 2016 | 31 | 2 |
| 41 | MF | Barry Bannan | Scotland | Friendly | Czech Republic | 24 March 2016 | 21 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Joe Wildsmith | England U21 | UEFA Euro U-21 qualifier | Switzerland U-21 | 26 March 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Lucas João | Portugal U-23 | Friendly | Mexico U-23 | 28 March 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | Friendly | Switzerland Slovakia | 25–29 March 2016 | 81 | 5 |
| — | FW | George Hirst | England U-17 | UEFA Euro U-17 | Sweden U-17 France U-17 Denmark U-17 Spain U-17 | 5–15 May 2016 | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | GK | Keiren Westwood | Republic of Ireland | Friendly | Netherlands Belarus | 23–31 May 2016 | 18 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | Friendly | Netherlands | 23–27 May 2016 | 81 | 5 |
| 41 | MF | Barry Bannan | Scotland | Friendly | Italy France | 29 May–4 June 2016 | 21 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Keiren Westwood | Republic of Ireland | UEFA Euro 2016 | Sweden Belgium Italy | 10 June–10 July 2016 | 18 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Daniel Pudil | Czech Republic | UEFA Euro 2016 | Spain Croatia Turkey | 10 June–10 July 2016 | 31 | 2 |

## Pre-season friendlies

On 18 June 2015, Sheffield Wednesday announced their pre-season schedule.

## Competitions

### Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Hull City (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 83 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 78 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 69 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 68 | |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

**Results Summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 7 May 2016. Source: Championship

**Results by Round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

**Matches**

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home against Mansfield Town. Following this The Owls were later drawn at home against Oxford United, away against Newcastle United, home against Arsenal and away against Stoke City.

### FA Cup

Sheffield Wednesday competed in the FA Cup from the third round. After a 2–1 victory over Fulham at home The Owls were drawn away against Shrewsbury Town - a match that the Wednesday lost 3–2 after 95th minute winning goal.

### Football League play-offs

As a result of The Owls finishing in sixth place in the Championship they qualified for the Football League play-offs. In the play-off semi finals Sheffield Wednesday played against third placed team Brighton and Hove Albion - winning 3–1 on aggregate to reach the play-off final. In the final, Wednesday lost 1–0 to Hull City who went straight back up to the Premier League after being relegated the previous season.

## Squad statistics

### Appearances

    As of 28 May 2016

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | EIR | Keiren Westwood | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Liam Palmer | 19 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Michael Turner | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Sam Hutchinson | 30 | 1 | 26+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Glenn Loovens | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POR | José Semedo | 15 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Marco Matias | 22 | 3 | 9+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Atdhe Nuhiu | 49 | 5 | 22+21 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lewis McGugan | 17 | 6 | 5+8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Joe Bennett | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | NIR | Caolan Lavery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Gary Hooper | 33 | 13 | 25+6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tom Lees | 42 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Hélan | 27 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | POR | Lucas João | 48 | 8 | 15+27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Kieran Lee | 52 | 6 | 43+3 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Álex López | 27 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Vincent Sasso | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SEN | Modou Sougou | 15 | 3 | 5+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 28 | GK | ENG | Joe Wildsmith | 14 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jack Stobbs | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Jack Hunt | 40 | 0 | 36+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Ross Wallace | 48 | 6 | 37+6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | GK | WAL | Lewis Price | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | CZE | Daniel Pudil | 42 | 2 | 38+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | EIR | Aiden McGeady | 13 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | SCO | Barry Bannan | 40 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Fernando Forestieri | 39 | 15 | 38+1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ROU | Sergiu Buș | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | WAL | Rhoys Wiggins | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of 16 May 2016

| Rank | Pos. | Nationality | No. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 45 | Fernando Forestieri | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | 14 | Gary Hooper | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | | 18 | Lucas João | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | 20 | Kieran Lee | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Lewis McGugan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 33 | Ross Wallace | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Atdhe Nuhiu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 41 | Barry Bannan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 15 | Tom Lees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Marco Matias | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 24 | Modou Sougou | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 36 | Daniel Pudil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 4 | Sam Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 37 | Aiden McGeady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 6 | José Semedo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 3 | Michael Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 16 May 2016

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | MF | Fernando Forestieri | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 41 | MF | Barry Bannan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Ross Wallace | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Jérémy Hélan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Sam Hutchinson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Daniel Pudil | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Jack Hunt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kieran Lee | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Álex López | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Marco Matias | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Glenn Loovens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Modou Sougou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Lucas João | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Tom Lees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lewis McGugan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Atdhe Nuhiu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Liam Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Joe Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Gary Hooper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards

### Player of the Month

Player of the Month awards for the 2015–16 season.

| Month | First | % | Second | % | Third | % |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| August | Marco Matias | 30% | Kieran Lee | 15% | Sam Hutchinson Jack Hunt | 11% |
| September | Kieran Lee | 28% | Atdhe Nuhiu | 24% | Ross Wallace | 15% |
| October | Barry Bannan | 31% | Fernando Forestieri | 16% | Sam Hutchinson | 13% |
| November | Lucas João | 69% | Fernando Forestieri | 17% | Kieran Lee | 7% |
| December | Fernando Forestieri | 84% | N/A | – | N/A | – |
| January | Gary Hooper | 62% | Barry Bannan | 17% | Fernando Forestieri | 10% |
| February | Gary Hooper | 26.5% | Barry Bannan | 26.1% | Atdhe Nuhiu | 15% |
| March | Tom Lees | 30% | Atdhe Nuhiu | – | Barry Bannan | – |
| April | Álex López | 39% | Barry Bannan | 13% | Fernando Forestieri | 10% |

### Player of the Season

The Player of the Season award was announced on 18 May 2016.

| First | % | Second | % | Third | % | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fernando Forestieri | 52% | Barry Bannan | – | Kieran Lee | – | |

### Other awards

* PFA Fans' Player of the Month (September): Ross Wallace
* PFA Fans' Player of the Month (October): Fernando Forestieri
* PFA Fans' Player of the Month (April): Fernando Forestieri
* PFA Championship Team of the Year: Barry Bannan
* Owls Foundation Player of the Year: Fernando Forestieri
